Erik Johan Anton (Erik) Scherder (born 1 December 1951) is a Dutch professor of neuropsychology who is connected to the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (VU).

Scherder followed his education to physiotherapist in the late seventies after which he worked in the Valeriuskliniek in Amsterdam.

Afterwards he followed the study psychology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam with a specialization in neuropsychology, in which he promoted in 1995.

After a couple of years he returned to the VU in Amsterdam, where he leads the department clinical neuropsychology.

[1][2] Due to this he was invited to the Dutch television show De Wereld Draait Door and in 2015 three episodes of DWDD University,[3] in which the functioning of malfunctions and diseases of the brain were the main topic.